fiction

Pronunciation

• enPR: fĭk′-shən, IPA: /ˈfɪk.ʃən/

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• Hyphenation: fic‧tion

Noun

Singular fiction

Plural fictions

1. Fiction refers to things that were made up and are not true.
2. (uncountable) A story that is invented instead of being based on facts.
   • Antonym: non-fiction

   The events in that story did not happen so it is fiction.

Related words

• fictitious
• fictional